| 单词 | the weaker vessel |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe weaker vessel c. the weaker vessel [compare vessel n.1 3] , in 1 Peter iii. 7 said of the wife as compared with the husband; hence occasionally used jocularly for ‘the wife’ or female partner. the weaker sex: see sex n.1 Phrases 1a. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married woman > [noun] > wife wifeeOE womanc1275 peerc1330 spousessc1384 ladyc1390 good lady1502 girl?a1513 spousage1513 little lady1523 the weaker vessel1526 companion1535 wedlock1566 Mrs1572 dame1574 rib?1590 feme1595 fathom1602 feme covert1602 shrew1606 wife of one's bosom1611 kickie-wickiea1616 heifer1616 sposa1624 bosom-partner1633 goodwife1654 little woman1715 squaw1767 the Mrs1821 missus1823 maw1826 lady wife1840 tart1864 mistress1873 mama1916 ball and chain1921 trouble and strife1929 old boot1958 1526 Bible (Tyndale) 1 Pet. iii. 7 Gevynge honoure vnto the wyfe as vnto the weaker vessel [Gk. ὡς ἀσθενεστέρῳ σκεύει]. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost i. i. 262 Iaquenetta (so is the weaker vessell called) which I apprehended with the aforesayd Swaine. View more context for this quotation 1668 T. Sydserff Tarugo's Wiles iii. 23 B[aker's] Wife. O! you are a fine man indeed! to leave the Government of the Oven now..to me that's the weaker vessel. < as lemmas |
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